Key Insights on Ketogenic Diet

Metabolic psychiatry shows that ketogenic diets can resolve schizophrenia, epilepsy, and bipolar disorder in many cases

• The company has demonstrated 35% life extension in stage 4 metastatic pancreatic cancer patients using nutritional ketosis
• Tim achieved complete remission of Lyme disease cognitive symptoms within 3-4 days using strict ketosis, likely due to starving glycolytic spirochetes
• Optimal therapeutic ketosis range is 1-2 millimolar, with glucose ketone index (GKI) of 1-4 being the target for health benefits
• One week per month of aggressive ketosis may provide lasting metabolic benefits through 'metabolic memory' effects
• Ketogenic diet elevates GABA and lowers glutamate, creating brain-stabilizing effects useful for psychiatric and neurological conditions
• The metabolic switch from fasting or exercise activates ketosis, autophagy, and repair pathways while improving cognitive function through increased GABA
• A 70-year-old woman with treatment-resistant schizophrenia achieved complete remission using ketogenic diet, staying symptom-free for 15 years until death

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